Why is it dran shaped

Botala kingdom, small mountain village.

Matthew felt bored being alone in this village, so in his spare time he thought more on what he would impart to Natasha.

He decided that when Natasha came back, he would have her make fighting technique that would transform mana into a dragon, have her make a movement technique, and a sword technique of some kind.

After Natasha helped them make these things, he would then descend the small mountain village.

In this way, even if mages truly exist in this world, he would have some self protection ability.

Ten days passed by very slowly.

"Teacher!"

Natasha who had just arrived in the village called affectionately from a distance.

As usual, Matthew pretended to be mysterious and acted as if he had long known that she was in her way.

Matthew simply nodded to acknowledge her existence and continued to flip through an old book that he was holding.

"I must be getting rusty, you are three seconds slower than I had anticipated."

Before Natasha could respond, he continued:

"I saw the battles that you went through during this time, so I decided to teach you some techniques to help protect you when you are out in the world."

Natasha who had not even had time to put down her bags was dumbfounded.

'Three seconds slower than anticipated?'

'He saw my battles?'

From the looks of Matthew, Natasha didn't think that he had ever left the village since she had left.

On her way to Matthew, she had caught a rough glimpse of the entire village.

The chickens seemed to be well fed, the vegetables seemed to be well taken care of, and it did not look like Matthew had ever left the village.

As her thoughts turned, she thought if something and her eyes widened in shock.

She had read in a book somewhere that powerful mages had the ability to see thousands of miles away by using their soul sense, thinking of this, Natasha became very excited.

'Just how powerful is my teacher?'

'Could it be that even if I am thousands of miles away and I encounter danger, he can easily save me?'

'Becoming the teacher's student was the best decision I have ever made in my life!

"The methods you used were very crude and embarrassing, don't tell people that you are my student if use such methods to fight people."

Natasha instantly blushed feeling embarrassed.

When she was fighting, she couldn't control her strength and she was just trying out random methods.

It didn't matter before because she didn't think that anyone was watching, but now that she knew that Mathew saw it, she felt embarrassed.

"I try my best to become better!"

Matthew put down his book and stood up, prompting Natasha to follow him.

In a few steps, they arrived at the edge of the small village, on steep cliff side.

Matthew faced the oncoming wind with his hands behind his back and he spoke slowly.

"Although you have already become an apprentice mage, you have not yet gotten used to your strength and you cannot efficiently control your mana."

"If you can't even control mere elemental mana how will you be able to control real man?"

"Becoming a powerful mage does not just depend on ones realm but also depends on mage arts and fighting techniques."

"These can probably help you to improve the control of your mana."

Hearing this, Natasha instantly connected the dots and became excited.

'The teacher wants to teach me fighting techniques and mage arts?'

Matthew turned around to look at Natasha and asked in a meaningful voice:

"Have you ever heard about an ancient creature known as a dragon?"

Natasha thought for a moment before responding:

"I once read a story book that mentioned something about such a creature."

"It was said to be a symbol of supreme power."

"The book said that when dragons move, they incite wind and thunder to occur in the surroundings,"

"It also said that the sky and the earth would change color when the creature's mood changes."

Matthew was stunned for a moment when he heard this.

'Why does this sound more awesome than what I had to say?'

Although caught off guard, Matthew refused to admit defeat, and he turned his thoughts quickly and came up with something to suppress his student's lore in a few moments.

"That sounds about right."

"Dragons are creatures that were created at the same time when the world came into being, so they are inherently closer to and beloved by the world."

"When they are angered, volcanoes erupt, and when they feel sorrow floods occur,"

"Dragons are creatures that used to rule the sky and the earth!"

Natasha was intrigued and excited.

"They were actually such powerful creatures? Then what happened to them? Do they still exist?"

"If they do then why haven't we ever seen one?"

Cough!——

Matthew was choked by the abrupt question, but how could he knows the answer to such questions?

He didn't even know if dragons truly ever existed, so he could only change the subject.

"That is a story for another time, you are too weak now."

Although his brain became better since he had become an apprentice mage, Matthew didn't trust himself to make up a good story on the spot.

Most importantly, it would be embarrassing if he said something that would be debunked later.

"Today, I will teach you a technique based on this divine creature."

"The dragon subduing palm technique."

Natasha who was bummed out for not being able to learn more about dragons, was instantly refreshed and became excited.

"Thank you, teacher!"

Mathew extracted a third of the metal attribute mana in his body, compressed it to make it seem as if he was using a small amount of mana, and shot it out if his palm.

Boom!——

A tree with a trunk bigger than a human torso a dozen meters away was instantly shattered!

Natasha was shocked!

All she saw was a small silvery color flash by and a tree was instantly destroyed.

'Was that the dragon subduing palm? Is it so terrifyingly powerful?'

Matthew was very satisfied with her reaction.

He once again placed his hands behind his back and stared to tell lies:

"That should roughly be the strength of the palm technique at your realm."

'What?! This is the strength at my level?'

Natasha was shocked and excited, but Matthew didn't wait for her to digest his words, he continued:

"However, for your sake, I didn't fully reveal the form of my dragon subduing palm."

Natasha was confused by this.

"For my sake?"

"Yes, for your sake."

"Like I told before, I only impart the methods not the form they take."

"If I show you my true dragon subduing palm technique, it would interfere with your comprehension of the true technique."

"The true technique is something that can only be understood by you and cannot be taught to others, for others would only understand the shape but not the essence."

"What you should comprehend, is the true intention of subduing the dragon technique, not the form it takes."

Natasha felt like she understood, but she also felt like she didn't fully understand.

She could only keep the words in her heart to ponder over later, and nod her head.

Matthew didn't really expect her to understand, so he started going into details about the theory he had made up.

"Dragons are creatures that are naturally close to the elements."

"At any moment, a dragon can take any elemental form it wants with a simple thought."

Matthew flipped his palm over and using some tricks he had experimented with, he created a small flame over his palm.

"Fire!"

"Water!"

As he said so, he extinguished the flame and formed a small ball of water.

"Wind!"

"Earth!"

"Metal!"

"And the truly talented dragons can turn themselves into lightning."

Matthew spoke as he showed off his little tricks one after another.

At this point, Natasha was wide eyed as if she had discovered a brand new continent of knowledge.

She even wanted to try make fire on her palm on the spot, but she was afraid that she would miss out on valuable knowledge, so she restrained herself and listened intently.

"With the dragon subduing palm, you will make your mana form a dragon like force that will be able to take form of any element you want."

"The deeper your understanding of the technique, the more real the dragon of your palm technique will be and the more power you will be able to exert."

"I didn't use the dragon force of my palm because I want you to comprehend your own without falling into the shadow of mine."

"Do you understand?"

'I have good intentions towards you!'

'It is definitely not that I can't use the dragon shaped palm technique to demonstrate it for you!'

Looking at Matthew's serious face, Natasha felt the warmth of a teacher's care in her heart.

'The teacher must have high hopes for me, and hopes that I can comprehend my own techniques so that I can walk further on the road of mage-hood.'

'He must mean that if I am stuck in the shadow of his techniques, I won't be able to surpass him in this life, but he wants me to do better than him.'

Natasha kept this kindness in her heart as she nodded and responded.

"Teacher, I understands!"

"Very good! "

Matthew nodded with satisfaction, and decided to ask before he continued:

"Do you have any questions?"

As a good teacher, it is natural for him to ask such a routine question.

"I actually do have something that has been bothering me."

Natasha said.

"What is it?!"

"Teacher, since the dragon subduing palm is for subduing dragons, why does it produce a dragon shaped palm force?"

Natasha asked with a puzzled look on her face.

Matthew:…

'Because it sounds cool!'